 Abt 1853 - 1953 (~ 100 years)
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| Name |
Chana "Anna" Meilach [1] |
| Nickname |
Anna |
| Born |
Abt 1853 |
Glazmanka (Gostini), Latvia  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
7077 |
| Died |
7 Jul 1953 |
Birmingham, AL [1] |
| Buried |
8 Jul 1953 |
Birmingham, AL [1] |
| Person ID |
I7077 |
aojd |
| Last Modified |
11 Nov 2011 |
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| Notes |
- BIRTH: Abt 1861. Hana Meilach, born in Glazmanka. Based on age of 35 in 1896. [Source: See 1897 Census below.]BIRTH: Chana Meilach, born in Latvia. Also known as Anna May. [Source: Taped interview with daughter, Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] CENSUS: 1897: Hana [Chana] [surname not given, daughter of Peisach, 35 years old, born in Glazmanka. Lieves with husband and children. Residence: Lesnaja (Forest) I St, Apt 2, in the house of Gruzin. Age is stated approximately for 1896. [Source: 1897 Latvian State Census, Latvian State Historical Archives, Fond #2706, LSHA #2706-1-99-759.] FAMILY NOTES: Immigrated to the United States in 1914, with husband and daughter, Celia. The ship stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Because of a mix-up with their visas, they had to get off there and take the train to Birmingham. They lived upstairs of sons, Sam and Henri, on St Charles St and 15th St South. [Source: Taped interview with daughter, Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] IMMIGRATION: 28 June 1914 Immigration: Chana Grusin, age 49, housewife, with husband, Jankel-Motel, daughter, Czernia, and nephew, Leib [Leon] Meilach, arrived in Canada, port of Halifax, Nova Scotia having sailed on the steamer, SS Dvinsk, 2nd class, from Libau (now called Liepaja; SE of Riga), Latvia on 16 June 1914. Said she was born and his last residence was Glasmanka, province of Witebsk [Vitesk]; nationality, Russian; race, Hebrew. Height: 5'2"; dark hair, brown eyes. She has no distinguishing marks. Can read and write. Closest relative in country she came from [Latvia] was cousin L. Meilach. Going to Birmingham, Alabama. Closest relative in country going to is son, S [Sam] Grusin, City Paper Co., Birmingham. Passage paid by self. Never before in U.S. Entered U.S. via Port Huron, Michigan, 1 July 1914, G.T.R. Note: brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Moses and Reva Grusin stayed on the ship until it landed in New York Jun 29, 1914. [Source: Ships Passenger List, Group 18, List 3, Serial 305/13/3, Ship Volume #5362, LDS Microfilm #1401025 & G.T.R. Manifest immigration at Port Huron, MI, M1464, Roll 257 & M1461, Roll 179, LDS Microfilm #1561343.] Note: Gerson May did not work for City Paper, it was Gerson's friend, Mannie Bann, who worked there. [Source: Betty Jo May letter of Oct 2002.] CENSUS: 1920 Alabama. Annie Grusen [Chana Grusin], 58 years old. Lives with husband, Joseph Grusen [Yankel Mutel Grusin] 65 years old, rents home at 1620 11th Ave, Birmingham, AL. Yankel's occupation: House work at home. Came to U.S. with wife and children in 1914. Lives with daughter, Celia, 23 years old, Bookkeeper in a Shoe Store; and son, Henry, 25 years old, Watchmaker at Limehan [sp?]. Also in house is a roomer, Simon Balsam [Balsum?], 25 years old, Peddler for Dry Goods, came to the U.S. in 1914. Yankel, Chana, and Celia are aliens, not naturalized. Henry came to the U.S. in 1912 and was naturalized in 1919. Except for Yankel's mother and father whose 'Mother Tongue' was Yiddish, everyone elses was German. All born in Riga [actually Glazmanka?], Latvia. [Source: AL Census 1920, Birmingham, Jefferson County, ED 55, Vol 47, Sheet 8B, Lines 71-75, Supervisor's District 9; Precinct 37.] MARRIAGE: 2nd marriage: After Chana Grusin was widowed (in 1925), she married Mr. Herman Hyman. He was from a large family in Memphis, TN. Chana and Herman were together just a short time before his death. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, email of Nov 2000.] MARRIAGE: 2nd marriage. 2 Sep 1926. Herman Hyman and Mrs. Anna Grusin, in Birmingham, AL. Herman Hyman was 65 years old; Anna Grusin was 58 years old. Marriage Bond cosigner was M. [Michael] Kimerling. Married by Rabbi Solomon Katz. [Source: Alabama Marriage Records, Vol 105, Pg/Cert#259, LDS #1064586, Item #2.] FAMILY NOTES: Anna "went on to marry Herman Hyman where legend has it that a young Elvis Presley was their Shabbos Goy in Memphis (can't verify and don't know if the ages work for this to be feasible" but it is an interesting theory). [Note: This may be a story about a different Jewish family from Memphis.] [Source: Leon Grusin, via Cindy Schick email of Dec 2000.] DEATH: 7 July 1953, when she was approximately 100 years old. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, phone call of Aug 1998.]DEATH: 7 Jul 1953. Anna Grusin, born 15 Mar 1866. Funeral services held at Johann Memorial Temple by Rabbi Gittleman. Buried in Birmingham, AL. Johann Funeral Service. [Source: Leaflet handed out at funeral, 8 Jul 1953; original in possession of Harried Shulmeister.] BURIAL: 8 Jul 1953. Buried in Knesseth-Beth-El Cemetery in Birmingham, AL. Old Section, Lot 070, Grave 3. [Source: Jewish Cemetery Project, Jewishgen web site and email from AL cemetery coordinator, Fred Ward, Oct 2000; date of burial from Funeral Leaflet, see above.] [1]
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